Decision journal: write what you decide and why
Most decisions are forgotten along with their reasons. Write them down on the day you make them, and months later you can read what you knew then and how it turned out.
Write it the day you decide
Open today and write what you decided, why, what else you considered and what you expect to happen. The date is already there, because every entry lives on its day.
Tag your decisions
Add a #decision tag as you write. With one click you see every day where you used it, and the tag statistics show how often you use it.
Come back and see how it went
Months later, search for the decision or open On this day and read what you thought then. It is hard to judge a decision with what you know now; here you have what you knew back then.
Turn it into action
A decision without a next step stays a wish. From the same entry you create the task, with a day and a time, and a reminder if the date to review it matters.
A decision, with the idazery method
Write, look, decide, do: so a decision does not depend on your memory.
Write
What is going on, what options you have and what worries you about each one.
Look
You read it back and look for what you assumed, and for what you wrote about something similar in the past.
Decide
You choose, write why and note what you expect to happen and when you will check it.
Do
You create the first task with a day and a time, and a reminder for the day you will review the decision.
What makes it possible
Tags →
Mark what matters with tags and follow it across months.
Search →
Find entries, tasks, reminders and notes as you type.
On this day →
See what you wrote on this same date a week, a month and years ago.
Tasks and planner →
Turn what you write into tasks and plan your day, week and month.
Reminders →
Save birthdays, deadlines and dates once and they come back on their own.
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